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Atmospheric river forces water rescues and road closures in Southern California as a stronger storm looms for the weekend

By Aya Elamroussi and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — The first of two atmospheric rivers is unloading heavy snow at high elevations and gusty winds and soaking rainfall Thursday across a large part of California. More than 20 million people are under flood alerts as storms threaten flash flooding in cities including Los Angeles, San Diego,

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DC climbs to record-breaking 80 degrees no more than a week after it got clobbered by snow

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Washington, DC, is on a weather rollercoaster and there’s no getting off. Just a week after the nation’s capital got clobbered by snow and highs struggled to reach the low 30s, two of the area’s main weather reporting stations smashed records on Friday afternoon as temperatures surged to

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A month’s worth of rain in 3 days triggers dangerous flash flooding in Texas and Louisiana

By Mary Gilbert and Rob Shackelford, CNN Meteorologists (CNN) — A multi-day deluge of rainfall across the South created dangerous and life-threatening flooding in parts of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi this week. More than a month’s worth of rain fell in several Texas and Louisiana cities from Monday to early Thursday, including Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s capital. A

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Northwest faces freezing rain and heavy snow while Arctic blast loosens its grip on eastern US

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — As a brutal Arctic blast wraps up in the eastern US, a new winter storm system is bringing freezing rain and precarious road conditions to the Pacific Northwest. Here’s the latest. • Freezing rain knocks out power: Freezing rain pelting the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday is expected

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